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Robert Morin (Image: UNH) An unassuming librarian has stunned his former university by donating $4m (£3m) to it in his will, having quietly amassed a fortune while working at the institution for five decades.

More than four million people in the UK had to cancel credit or debit cards after falling victim to fraud in the last year, according to a new study.

Payday firm, CFO Lending, has entered into an agreement with City watchdog the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to provide over £34 million of redress to more than 97,000 customers for unfair practices.

New research has exposed how the growing numbers of Scots whose incomes vary month to month can struggle to pay essential bills and meet their debt repayments.

Edinburgh-based cloud accountancy software provider FreeAgent has joined forces with a UK accounting specialist Exchequer Accountancy Services to help contractor and freelancer clients manage their business finances better.

UK-based non-doms contributed £6.57 billion in income tax in 2014/15, highlighting the significant contribution which the group makes to the UK economy, says international law firm Pinsent Masons.

Businesses in Scotland expressed improved confidence last month, according to the latest Business Trends Report by accountants and business advisers BDO LLP.

Coutts, the Royal Bank of Scotland subsidiary, and the bank that handles the Queen’s account, could be forced to pay hundreds of thousands of pounds in compensation to a group of its exclusive clientele who claim they were poorly advised by bank about tax avoidance schemes centred around loss-mak

ICAS has issued a call to the Scottish Government to reform the rate and way in which statutory interest is calculated in personal bankruptcy in Scotland. Responding to an informal consultation by the Accountant in Bankruptcy on draft consolidated Bankruptcy Regulations which will underpin the intro

Liam Fox The number of inward investment projects in Scotland has fallen, according to the latest figures from the UK Department for International Trade.

Deloitte has strengthened its presence in Scotland, following another year of significant progress throughout the country, the firm has reported.

Zoe Ogilvie and Alison Ramsay The BIG Partnership, Scotland’s largest PR and digital marketing agency, has continued its expansion with the opening of an office in Dundee - its fifth in Scotland and seventh in the UK.

Andrew Henderon Andrew Henderson, currently head of public affairs and external relations at Royal Bank of Scotland's Williams & Glyn brand, has been appointed by international law firm Pinsent Masons to head up its UK-wide Public Policy Unit in the wake of Britain's decision to leave the Europe

PwC has reached a settlement in a multi-billion dollar lawsuit involving the 2009 collapse of Taylor Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp, one of the biggest bank collapses in US history.

Gillian Guy People accessing their retirement savings are being caught out by unexpected taxes and welfare reductions, reveals research from Citizens Advice.